Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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-The long-and-short-page principle used in the [[paper:blow_book|Blow Book]] and adapted to playing cards was applied in the last half of the twentieth century to a variety of paper pads gimmicked to force a word, number or image. U. F. Grant may have been the first to do this, using a number of loose pages fastened together at one end by a clip; see "Tale of Fifteen Cities" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/21901/Grant+s+Fabulous+Feats+of+Mental+Magic/15|Grant's Fabulous Feats of Mental Magic]]// by Don Tanner1965, p. 15.+The long-and-short-page principle used in the [[paper:blow_book|Blow Book]] and adapted to playing cards was applied in the last half of the twentieth century to a variety of paper pads gimmicked to force a word, number or image. Richard Mark was among the earliest, perhaps the firstto do this, using a number of loose pages fastened together at one end by a clip; see "Symbolysisin Mark's //MindBending Magic//, 1979, p. 5. later reprinted in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/21826/Mind+Warp/37|MindWarp]]//, 2000, p. 35.
  
 Various special forcing pads relying on the long-short principle have since been devised by a number of magicians. In the early 1980s, the manufacture of specially gimmicked pads to force items began and has continued, with forcing pads being marketed by Ton Onosaka, Scott Creasey, Chris Jones, Brett Barry and others. Various special forcing pads relying on the long-short principle have since been devised by a number of magicians. In the early 1980s, the manufacture of specially gimmicked pads to force items began and has continued, with forcing pads being marketed by Ton Onosaka, Scott Creasey, Chris Jones, Brett Barry and others.